The Hackler From Grouse Hall
The Hackler From Grouse Hall

The Hackler From Grouse Hall easy guitar chords by Christy Moore

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    am 
    a 
    rovin' 
    hack
    ler lad 

    that 
    loves 
    the shamrock 
    shore 

    My 
    name 
    is Pat 
    McDonald 

    and 
    my 
    age 
    is eighty 
    -four 

    Beloved 
    and well 
    -respected 

    by 
    my neighbours 
    one 
    and all 

    On 
    St. 
    Patrick
    's Day 

    I would 
    like to 
    stray 

    round 
    Lavey 
    and 
    Grouse 
    Hall 

    When 
    I 
    was young 
    I 
    danced 
    and sung 

    and 
    drank strong 
    whisky 
    too 

    It's 
    sheep 
    and shop 
    that 
    sold 
    a drop 

    of 
    real old 
    Mountain 
    Dew 

    But 
    Pudgin's 
    still on 
    every 
    hill, 

    the 
    Peelers 
    had 
    no call 

    Round 
    Sweet Stradone 

    I 
    am 
    well known, 

    round 
    Lavey 
    and 
    Grouse 
    Hall 

    I 
    used 
    to go 
    from 
    town 
    to town 

    for 
    hackling 
    was 
    my trade 

    There 
    came 
    the night 
    I thought 
    I'd 
    die, 

    an 
    honest 
    living 
    maid

    For 
    ere it's 
    day be night 
    or 
    day, 

    the 
    youth 
    would always 
    call 

    To 
    have 
    the crack 
    with 
    Paddy 
    Jack, 

    the 
    hackler 
    from 
    Grouse 
    Hall 

    I 
    think it's 
    the range 

    how 
    very 
    much 
    the times 
    have changed 

    of late 
    Coercion, 
    that was all, 

    they're 
    out with 
    dealers 
    on 
    their bait 

    To 
    take 
    it, 
    alas, 
    is now 
    alas, 

    the 
    greatest 
    crime 
    of 
    all 

    Oh, 
    since 
    Balfour 
    placed 
    that 
    hungry 
    beast, 


    the sergeant 
    from 
    Grouse 
    Hall 

    Is 
    busy 
    too 
    with the 
    casserole, 

    he 
    wanders 
    night 
    and day 

    He'll 
    take 
    a 
    goat, 

    I'll buy 
    the throat 
    for 
    one 
    to better 
    pray 

    The 
    nasty 
    skunk, 

    he'll swear you're 
    drunk, 

    though 
    you've 
    had none 
    at all 

    There 
    is 
    no peace 
    around 
    the place 

    since 
    he 
    came to 
    Grouse 
    Hall 

    It 
    was 
    on 
    pretence 
    of 
    his 
    offence, 

    he 
    dragged 
    me off 
    to jail, 

    Alone 
    to dwell 
    in 
    a cold 
    cell, 

    me fortune 
    to be
    wail. 

    Before 
    he 
    had a 
    nap 

    like 
    bedsit 
    runs for 
    vengeance call, 

    He 
    rue'd 
    the day he 
    dragged 
    away 

    the 
    hackler 
    from Rosehall. 

    He run't 
    hell -bell down 
    into 
    hell 

    to 
    search for 
    Pudge in 
    there, 

    And 
    won't 
    be loath to 
    swear 
    an oath 

    he 
    found 
    it in Kilkare. 

    The 
    nymphs 
    are fed from 
    foot to 
    head, 

    sheets, 
    blankets, 
    tick and 
    all 

    Your 
    wife 
    undressed must 
    leave the 

    nest for 
    Jemmy for 
    ungrows 
    all 

    Come, 
    old 
    and young, 

    clear up your 
    lung 

    and 
    sing this 
    little song 

    Come 
    join with 
    me and 
    let them 

    see you 
    all 
    resent the 
    wrong 

    And 
    while I 
    live 

    I'll 
    always 
    give a 
    prayer for 
    his downfall 

    And 
    when I 
    die, 
    I 
    don't 
    deny, 

    I'll haunt 
    him from grows 

    tall 



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